SpaceX Rocket Launches Commercial Telecom Satellite Into Orbit

Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 03:31 in Astronomy & Space

The company's Falcon 9 rocket, which was carrying the AsiaSat 8 spacecraft, lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force station at 4:00 a.m. EDT, tracing an arc of orange flame across the dark southeastern skies.

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